Task 1. Read the text. The Ukrainian way of life has some particular national features in clothing, food, recreation, the arts and education

The Ukrainian way of life has some particular national features in clothing, food, recreation, the arts and education.

Ukrainians generally wear Western-style clothing. But on special occasions, they may wear traditional peasant costumes. These peasant costumes feature white blouses and shirts decorated with colourful embroidery. Footwear includes high red boots for women and black boots for men.

Ukraine enjoys a variety of traditional cookery, as well as favourite imported dishes. Breakfast is a simple meal of bread, butter, and perhaps soft-boiled eggs. Homemade jam with whole berries in heavy syrup is prized. Lunch may consist of a fish dish, a salad, or a vegetable. Dinner is the main meal, and guests are treated with great hospitality. Soup is made from available vegetables, such as carrots, cabbage, or turnips, plus a piece of meat that is removed for serving. Accompaniments may include kasha /buckwheat groats/, cabbage, or pearl barley. Desserts are simple, perhaps small pastries, a fruit puree, or a fruit compote. Tea is the favourite drink, although coffee is enjoyed as well. Kvass, a slightly fermented drink, may be made from white or dark rye bread, cranberries, or lingonberries.

The Ukrainian diet includes chicken, fish, and such products as ham, sausage, and bacon. Ukrainians also eat large amounts of potatoes, cooked buckwheat mush called kasha, sour rye bread and sweetened breads. Traditional Ukrainian dishes include varenyky, borsch, and holubtsi. Varenyky consist of boiled dumplings filled with potatoes, sauerkraut, cheese, plums, or blueberries. The dumplings may be eaten withsour cream, fried onions or bacon bits. Borsch is a soup made of beats, cabbage, and meat, it is served with sour rye bread and sour cream. Holubtsi are stuffed cabbage rolls filled with rice, buckwheat and meat.

Task 2. Vocabulary. Use the words from the box to complete the sentences.

embroidery

wear

pysanky

bandura

sauerkraut

1.Ukrainians generally...................Western-style clothing.

2.The shirts are decorated with colourful...........

3.Dumplings may be filled with.........................

4................ – Ukrainian Easter eggs are world famous.

5. The................is a Ukrainian stringed musical instrument.

Task 3. Comrehension: Are the statements true or false?

1. Ukrainians seldom wear Western-style clothing.

2. The Ukrainian diet doesn't include pork products.

3. Borsch is a very popular Ukrainian dish.

4. Ukraine has more than two hundred institutions of higher learning.

5. Kyiv State University is the oldest university in Ukraine.

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